Exam 14: Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions

According to Chapter 14, the safety of your company's products (and the effectiveness of your company's instructions) is a matter of contract law.

It is important to revise, edit, and proofread instructions to ensure that readers can complete the task described safely.

What are the three types of descriptions discussed in Chapter 14?

What technique is used in the definition "RADAR originally stood for 'radio detection and ranging,' but these days it is rarely used as an acronym and instead appears as the noun radar"?

How long should an instructional video be?

Step-by-step instructions should be written in the imperative mood.

H&G Garden Supplies is revising its instruction booklet for assembling and installing its redwood garden arbor. The set contains two 6-foot trellises, two planter boxes, and a pair of adjustable arches. Which of the following should you NOT include in the back matter of the instruction booklet?

According to Chapter 14, what is the primary way to indicate the nature and the scope of a description?

In what way is the definition "In a bankruptcy action, a nonsecured debt is a debt that is not secured" flawed?

A writer wants to describe how screen printing is done. Which of the following elements is NOT likely to appear in the process description?

While reviewing a draft of a trip report discussing the importance of a presentation she attended, a writer decides that some readers may not know what a particular term means. If she wants to clarify the term briefly and unobtrusively, the writer should use which of the following strategies?

Descriptions are rarely incorporated into longer documents; instead, they usually appear as separate documents.

The introduction to a set of instructions should answer six questions, one of which is "Why should the reader carry out this task?" According to Chapter 14, what is one other question?

What are two common ways of concluding a set of instructions?

A writer is drafting the conclusion of a lengthy process description explaining to consumers how a company's new voice-recognition product works. Which of the following elements would be LEAST appropriate for the conclusion?

Which of the critiques listed below applies to the following description of a process? GETTING A COLLEGE DEGREE First, you must apply to schools you want to attend. Pick good schools to apply to. Next, you must enroll at a college. After you have enrolled, you must pick a degree program. Take every course you need. After you take all of your courses, you will have a degree. Congratulations!

The partitioning technique for creating an extended definition is often used in tandem with another technique.

You are a technical writer for Landson Toy Company. Landson has just designed a new, more durable swing set for 6- to 10-year-olds. Which of the following should you NOT include in the introduction to the swing-set installation guide?

A conventions section explains to readers how a manual uses typography to signify different kinds of information. One example is using the typeface Courier to represent text the reader is supposed to type.

You are writing a manual for a deep fryer designed for home cooks. Which statement would be appropriately set off with Note as a signal word?